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Scotland’s Play Charter

Scotland’s Play Charter describes our collective commitment to play for all children and young people. Supporters of the Charter know that children have the right to play and value play as an essential part of children’s health and wellbeing as individuals and part of the community.

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Pledges to Scotland’s Play Charter

  • Grange Primary School
  • Tweeddale Youth Action
  • Langlee Support Centre, Langlee Primary School
  • The Destiny Project
  • Cornerstone Nursery
  • Eyemouth Primary School
  • Park Primary School
  • University of Edinburgh
  • Crossmichael Primary School
  • St Peter’s RC Primary School
  • Project 31
  • Gullane After School Club
  • Allan’s Nursery
  • City of Glasgow College
  • Bright Starts Nursery
  • Clermiston Primary School and Nursery
  • St Mary’s Nursery Class
  • Holy Corner Community Group
  • Support, Help and Integration in Perthshire
  • Tarves Primary School
  • Jordanhill School
  • Arran High School
  • Udston Primary School
  • Quarriers
  • Glebelands Nursery
  • Creative STAR
  • Dumfries Toy Library
  • Sgoil-àraich Taobh na Pàirce
  • St Denis’ Primary School
  • Timberplay Scotland Ltd
  • St Andrew’s RC Primary School
  • Forgandenny Primary School
  • Croftamie Nursery
  • Scout Association
  • Antonine Primary School
  • Home-Start Kincardine
  • Tinies
  • Dunblane Youth & Sports Centre Trust
  • Balornock Primary School
  • Play Borders
  • LINKES
  • Busy Bees Nursery
  • Stirling ELC
  • Royal Zoological Society of Scotland
  • Holy Cross Nursery Class
  • Home-Start East Fife
  • Holy Corner Community Playgroup
  • Getting Better Together
  • The Nurture Nursery
  • Kids Come First
  • Families First, North Lanarkshire Council
  • Craigour Park Primary School and Nursery
  • Fun Lodge After School Care
  • Twinkle Stars Childcare
  • Knightswood Primary
  • NG Homes
  • Smallworld Out of School Club
  • Emerald Maintenance
  • Pentlands Activity Camps (PAC)
  • ASH Scotland
  • Lecropt Nursery and Bridge of Allan OOSC
  • EA Junior School
  • Hanover Street School
  • Aberdeen City Council
  • Auchinairn Afterschool Care & Forest School
  • Woodland Outdoor Kindergartens
  • St Thomas Playgroup
  • Summerston Childcare
  • MACS After School Care
  • Evanton Wood Community Company
  • Caldercuilt Primary School & Nursery
  • Support from the Start Tranent Cluster
  • High School of Dundee
  • Fife College
  • Gylemuir After School Club
  • Child Central Training
  • Leaps and Bounds Nursery
  • Parent Action for Safe Play
  • Sciennes Primary School
  • PLUS Forth Valley Ltd
  • SPELL
  • With Kids
  • Scottish Historic Buildings Trust
  • Borders College
  • Tiptoe’s Children’s Nursery
  • St John’s RC Primary
  • Warout Primary School
  • Stanmore House School – Capability Scotland
  • St Rose of Lima Primary School
  • Alyth OOSC
  • Gap Childcare Services
  • Oxfordshire Play Association
  • Enable Scotland
  • PlayBase
  • Woodlands Family Nurture Centre
  • Stepping Stones North
  • Gleniffer Nursery
  • City of Edinburgh Council
  • Glenbervie Kindergarden
  • Childcare Strategy Team
  • Firpark Primary School
  • Whinhill Primary School
  • St Gerard’s Nursery School
  • Iona Primary Early Years
  • Mini French
  • Edinburgh College
  • Wardie Primary School
  • Maxwellton Park Nursery & OSC
  • Home-Start Wigtownshire
  • Coastguard Club
  • Reidvale Adventure Play Association Limited
  • Green Aspirations Scotland CIC
  • Glasgow Life
  • Pirie Park Primary School
  • Clackmannanshire Council
  • Tweedbank Early Learners
  • Cairnsmoir Connections
  • KO-NEKT (Childcare)
  • Newton Nursery
  • Cockburnspath Primary School
  • Earthtime for All Ltd
  • Roots and Shoots Highland Learning
  • Angus Council
  • Parent and Infant Mental Health Scotland
  • Home-Start Levenmouth
  • St Ninian’s Primary School
  • Echline Primary School and Nursery Class
  • Argyle Bridge Children’s Nursery
  • Edinburgh and Lothians Out of School Care Network
  • Support from the Start Haddington Cluster
  • Chatelherault Nursery & ASC
  • Maggie’s Childminding Service
  • Springfield Primary School
  • Renfrewshire Council
  • Enchanted Forest Nursery
  • Holmston Out of Skool Club
  • Liberton After School Club
  • South Lanarkshire Council
  • Penicuik YMCA-YWCA
  • Busy Bairns Childminder
  • Hayburn Park Association
  • East Ayrshire Council
  • Boomerang Community Centre
  • Home-Start Edinburgh West and South West
  • Greener Kirkcaldy
  • Fife Childcare Services
  • Mosstodloch Primary School
  • Fenton Barns Nursery
  • West Johnstone Early Learning and Childcare Centre
  • Kilbarchan AAC
  • Angus Alive
  • Support from the Start North Berwick Cluster
  • What’s on Inverbervie Community
  • Cumbernauld YMCA
  • PlayBoard NI
  • Professional Learning Academy
  • Inverbrothock OOSC
  • South Morningside Primary School and Nursery
  • Midlothian Sure Start
  • Little Acorns
  • Fusion Childcare Services
  • Early Education UK
  • Kidzcare
  • Babysign
  • Rosetta Early Learners
  • Little Forest Friends Scotland
  • Children’s Health Scotland
  • Fountainhall Nursery
  • St Leonard’s Primary and Nursery School
  • Make Mess Matter
  • Elphinstone Primary
  • Bikeability
  • The Yard
  • Loader Monteith
  • Simpson Primary School & Nursery Class
  • Meadowburn Primary School
  • Highland Council
  • Inspiring Scotland
  • University of Dundee
  • Camperdown Primary School and Nursery
  • Family Fund Scotland
  • Leaps and Bounds Activities (LBA)
  • The Cottage Family Centre
  • St Ninians Nursery
  • PEEK Project
  • Dunbar Primary School Nursery
  • Parkour UK
  • Starcatchers
  • Orchard Grove Kindergarten
  • The BIG Project
  • Together – Scottish Alliance for Children’s Rights
  • Law Primary School and North Berwick Nursery School
  • Allsorts Dornoch
  • Inclusive Play
  • Galleon Centre
  • University of Strathclyde
  • Our Place Our Families
  • Aberdeenshire Council
  • Childcare in the Community
  • St David’s Primary School
  • Bòrd na Gàidhlig
  • Kidsize Out of School Club
  • Òganan Ghlaschu
  • East of the Sun, West of the Moon
  • West Dunbartonshire Council
  • Carli’s Kindergarten
  • Falkirk Community Trust Libraries
  • Red Harbour Events
  • Islesburgh OOSC
  • Play Midlothian
  • South Lanarkshire College
  • New College Lanarkshire
  • South Ayrshire Council
  • Outdoor Woodland Learning School (OWLS)
  • Education Department East Dunbartonshire Council
  • Maddiston Primary School
  • North Queensferry Primary
  • Movement Park
  • Hearts and Minds
  • Edzell Nursery
  • RHC NHS GGC
  • NHS Health Scotland
  • Siblings Together and Reunited (STAR)
  • North Edinburgh Arts
  • Hyndland After School Club
  • Towerbank ASC
  • James Gillespie’s Nursery
  • Newtongrange ASC
  • Upstart Scotland
  • The Wee Childcare Company Ltd
  • Newmains Family Learning Centre
  • Chanonry Beaver Scouts
  • Old Doune Road Nursery
  • Doune Nursery
  • Leisure and Culture
  • Queens Cross Housing Association
  • CALL Scotland
  • The Scottish Parliament
  • Licketyspit
  • Living Streets Scotland
  • Barnardo’s APNA Project
  • Fife Gingerbread
  • Middleton Park School
  • 3D Drumchapel
  • City of Play
  • Sacred Heart Primary School
  • Step by Step Nursery
  • Argyll College
  • East Dunbartonshire Council
  • Ninewells Nursery
  • Play Together on Pedals
  • North Edinburgh Childcare
  • Eastmuir Primary School
  • Shetland College UHI
  • Clydesdale After School Care
  • Outdoor Cleghorn
  • Lamlash Early Years Class
  • East Lothian Out of School Care Network
  • Oxgangs Primary School
  • Stirling Play Services, Stirling Council
  • Cosy Cottage Nursery School
  • Smart Play Network
  • St Martin’s Primary School and Nursery
  • Windygoul Primary School
  • Hillwood Primary School
  • Parsons Green Primary
  • Aberlady ELOSCN
  • Kinneil Primary School and Early Years Campus
  • Support for Families
  • Lanarkshire Childcare Services
  • Ayrshire College
  • Innerwick Primary and Nursery School
  • Tinto Nursery
  • NHS GGC Children and Families
  • Dens Road Primary School
  • Child’s Play
  • Abbey Early Years Centre
  • Orkney Library and Archive
  • Burnfoot Community School
  • Play Alloa
  • Commercial Primary School
  • Dirleton Playgroup
  • Cookfur Nursery Class
  • C.O.J.A.C. Caring Operations Joint Action Council
  • North United Communities
  • Mud Pie
  • Parenting Across Scotland
  • Edinburgh Young Carers Project
  • Gowrie Training and Consultancy
  • The Green Team
  • Holy Cross Primary School
  • Bruce Family Centre
  • Goodlyburn Primary School
  • Healthy n Happy CDT
  • Play and Sports Limited
  • Playland
  • Flowerbank Early Childhood Centre
  • Outlet Play Resource
  • ACE Place Nursery and OSC
  • Little Scallywags Nursery
  • Simply Play
  • Preschool Academy
  • Fields in Trust Scotland
  • Black Lion Games
  • Wellgreen Nursery, Stirling
  • Nurture the Play
  • Toybox Children’s Centre
  • Abbey Mill Childcare
  • Dalmilling Primary School
  • Argyll & Bute Council
  • Fledglings Childminding Service
  • Support from the Start Prestonpans Cluster
  • Four Seasons Nursery
  • Forestry and Land Scotland
  • Impact Arts
  • Support from the Start Dunbar Cluster
  • Borestone Primary School
  • Meiklewood Nursery and After School Care
  • Wallyford Primary School
  • Access Parkour Ltd
  • Support from the Start Musselburgh Cluster
  • Guildford Borough Council Playrangers
  • St David’s Primary RC
  • Balmore Kindergarten Ltd
  • Crieff Hydro
  • Sarah Lawrence College
  • Scaraway Nursery School
  • North Ayrshire Council
  • Dundee and Angus College
  • Include Me 2 Club
  • Linnvale Primary
  • Crieff Hydro Kids Club
  • TICTACS After School Service
  • Cardonald Primary School
  • Linthaugh Nursery School
  • Monkey Puzzle Glasgow Central
  • St Peter’s Primary School
  • Welly Walkers Childminding
  • Oxley Park Academy
  • Craiglockhart After School Club
  • Scalloway Youth & Community Centre
  • Corstorphine Primary School
  • Jordanhill Out of School Service
  • Gracemount Nursery
  • Gingerbread
  • East End Empowering Stars
  • Broomhill OOSC
  • Pilton Youth and Children’s Project
  • Aberfoyle Nursery
  • NHS West Dunbartonshire
  • Play Torbay
  • Little Steps Childminding
  • Canongate Youth
  • Biggar Primary School and Nursery
  • Gargurnnock Play Group
  • Murrayburn Primary School
  • Fife Play Resource, Fife Play Development Team, Fife Council
  • Newtown Primary School
  • Youth Scotland
  • Culture & Leisure
  • Mini Me Yoga Ambassador
  • St Joseph’s Primary School
  • Rosemount Lifelong Learning
  • Seamab
  • Almond Park Nursery
  • Musselburgh Burgh Primary School
  • West Lothian Council
  • East Pollockshields Out of School Care
  • Whitburn and District Community Development Trust
  • Voluntary Action
  • St Margaret’s Primary School
  • Interactive Play Scotland
  • Bonding with Baby
  • Pencaitland Primary School Parent Council
  • West College Scotland
  • Aberlour Childcare Trust
  • Muck Primary School
  • Child’s Play Nursery
  • St Boswells Primary School
  • Home-Start Lorn
  • CHAS
  • Early Steps Nursery
  • Busby Primary School
  • Rattray Primary School
  • Milltimber Playgroup
  • Falkirk Council
  • South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture
  • MyParkScotland
  • Craigton Primary School
  • WHALE Arts
  • Adoption UK
  • Operation Play Outdoors
  • Scottish Out of School Care Network
  • Mid Calder Primary School
  • Jennyswell Out of School Care
  • Culture NL
  • Burnbrae Primary School
  • Muirhouse Youth Development Group
  • Perth & Kinross Council
  • Riverside Primary School
  • The Creativity Portal
  • Castleton Primary School
  • Thornlie Primary School
  • Wee Gems
  • Tingwall Primary School
  • YouthLink Scotland
  • Beatlie Primary School
  • St Sylvester’s Primary School
  • Sgoil Bhaile a’ Mhanaich, Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
  • Bankhead After School Care Service
  • Firsthand Lothian
  • East Park
  • St George’s School for Girls
  • St Paul’s Primary School
  • Battlefield Primary ASC Association (BPASCA)
  • Ark Out of School Care
  • Lauriston Nursery
  • International Play Association Scotland
  • Shetland Islands Council
  • Seahorse Nursery
  • Giffnock Nursery Class
  • Melrose Primary School
  • First 4 Kids
  • University of the West of Scotland
  • Clovenstone Primary School
  • St Columba’s Junior School
  • Perth Autism Support
  • St Charles’ Primary School
  • East Lothian Play Association
  • Whiteinch Centre
  • Heathfield Primary & Early Years Centre
  • OSCARS Childcare
  • Barlanark Out of School Care
  • Healthy Valleys
  • Glasgow Caledonian University
  • Castlepark Primary School
  • Stramash
  • Adelaides Nursery
  • Prestonpans ASC
  • Old Doune Road Nursery
  • Scottish Book Trust
  • First Nursery
  • Task Childcare Services
  • Scamps SOSC
  • Flowerpots Childcare
  • Bridge of Weir Childcare
  • Beech House Nursery
  • Arkleston Primary School
  • Erskine Stewart Melville School
  • TIGERS
  • Barnardo’s Scotland
  • Scottish Government
  • Off Grid Kids
  • The Concrete Garden
  • Johnshaven School
  • Buttons & Bows Nursery School
  • Enterprise Childcare
  • Edible Estates
  • Forest School Leader
  • Whiteness Primary School
  • NHS Forth Valley
  • Scalloway Pre-School
  • Laura’s Little Treasures
  • Grange Primary School
  • Tweeddale Youth Action
  • Langlee Support Centre, Langlee Primary School
  • The Destiny Project
  • Cornerstone Nursery
  • Eyemouth Primary School
  • Park Primary School
  • University of Edinburgh
  • Crossmichael Primary School
  • St Peter’s RC Primary School
  • Project 31
  • Gullane After School Club
  • Allan’s Nursery
  • City of Glasgow College
  • Bright Starts Nursery
  • Clermiston Primary School and Nursery
  • St Mary’s Nursery Class
  • Holy Corner Community Group
  • Support, Help and Integration in Perthshire
  • Tarves Primary School
  • Jordanhill School
  • Arran High School
  • Udston Primary School
  • Quarriers
  • Glebelands Nursery
  • Creative STAR
  • Dumfries Toy Library
  • Sgoil-àraich Taobh na Pàirce
  • St Denis’ Primary School
  • Timberplay Scotland Ltd
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